Journal Quilts 2008

January Journal Quilt.
There's layers of fabric cut back to create the body. The piece has hand stitches with wax over the top to create the textures The February Quilt depicts part of the Cathedral Floor using a rusted fabric and reverse Applique to create the patterns.

















March and April Journal Quilts look at the effects of Global Warming. The march quilt is painted with Acrylic Paint on Canvas and then machine and hand stitched. It includes painted bondaweb to give texture and debth to the piece.
The april quilt is Acrylic painted on cotton and embellished with fibres and stitch.
















All the 2008 Journal Quilts are 12 by 12 inchs.

rust & bags

Rust, Charcoal and Stitch are all included in these bags.

rust & things

I used this charcoal drawing as a start for the fabric piece seen here. The fabric had been rusted first and then layered with a charcoal sketch. Whats exciting about charcoal is that it doesnt all wash out so it becomes inherent to the piece.

In the piece there is a beautiful italian fabric that was given to me by an embroiderer.

The piece is worked with stitch to create a texture and background.

lifedrawing

My lifedrawing group are having a exhibition in the Watergate Kilkenny in March. We meet once a week to draw in the Ormonde College. The lifedrawings I am showing here are all in charcoal, my favourite medium. I love the spontanity of the medium altough it can be difficult to keep clean.

The background of this drawing was rubbed over a chequerboard surface to create the rough background effect.

This is my favourite drawing due to the spontanity of the piece. It took 10 mins and I can see all the lines I used.

I painted with Marie Perret in her Art Synthesis group for the past four days in the wonderful ballroom in Blanchville House. The space is fantastic for large work and the images shown here are from the painting called 'Being' . The Title could have been any of the following - Good/Evil, Inside/Out, Hate/Love but in the end I chose Being as it is inclusive of each title.

Bust made in Fabric working on the idea of the inside body on the outside.

side by side

I put in a proposal to make Textile Pots to the Crafts Council for the Side by Side Exhibition in the Hunt Mizeum in Limerick. The proposal was accepted and these are some of the images I have included in the Exhibition.